Social Admin Console

Abstract

A method and system is disclosed for conducting electronic commerce within a social media environment. A social commerce site is generated and then configured by a vendor, on behalf of a vendor affiliate, or by the vendor affiliate. Once the social commerce site is activated for operation, a user performs social media interactions within a social media environment and elects to consider purchasing a vendor's product that is referenced in an activity stream. The user then proceeds to the social commerce site, while they are still within the social media environment, and performs social commerce operations, such as selecting and purchasing the product referenced in the activity stream. Data associated with social commerce operations is collected, processed for analysis, and displayed for review within a user interface.

1 . A computer-implementable method for conducting electronic commerce within a social media environment comprising:
 receiving configuration data comprising social commerce site configuration data and further comprising product data;   using the social commerce site configuration data to configure a social commerce site;   activating the social commerce site to perform social commerce operations;   accessing the social commerce site from within the social media environment, wherein the accessing is performed by a user of the social media environment; and   receiving social commerce input data from the user of the social media environment, wherein the social commerce input data is processed to perform electronic commerce operations associated with a vendor of the product.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 processing data associated with the social commerce operations to generate social commerce operations data;   processing data associated with the electronic commerce operations to generate electronic commerce operations data; and   processing the social commerce operations data and the electronic commerce operations data to generate social commerce analysis data.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the configuration data is received from a user associated with the vendor of the product. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the configuration data is received from a user associated with an affiliate of the vendor of the product. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the social commerce operations data is generated from a plurality of social commerce sites. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the social commerce analysis data is displayed within a user interface. 
     
     
         7 . A system comprising:
 a processor;   a data bus coupled to the processor; and   a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer-usable medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
 receiving configuration data comprising social commerce site configuration data and further comprising product data; 
 using the social commerce site configuration data to configure a social commerce site; 
 activating the social commerce site to perform social commerce operations; 
 accessing the social commerce site from within the social media environment, wherein the accessing is performed by a user of the social media environment; and 
 receiving social commerce input data from the user of the social media environment, wherein the social commerce input data is processed to perform electronic commerce operations associated with a vendor of the product. 
   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 processing data associated with the social commerce operations to generate social commerce operations data; processing data associated with the electronic commerce operations to generate electronic commerce operations data; and   processing the social commerce operations data and the electronic commerce operations data to generate social commerce analysis data.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the configuration data is received from a user associated with the vendor of the product. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the configuration data is received from a user associated with an affiliate of the vendor of the product. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the social commerce operations data is generated from a plurality of social commerce sites. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the social commerce analysis data is displayed within a user interface. 
     
     
         13 . A computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
 receiving configuration data comprising social commerce site configuration data and further comprising product data;   using the social commerce site configuration data to configure a social commerce site;   activating the social commerce site to perform social commerce operations;   accessing the social commerce site from within the social media environment, wherein the accessing is performed by a user of the social media environment; and   receiving social commerce input data from the user of the social media environment, wherein the social commerce input data is processed to perform electronic commerce operations associated with a vendor of the product.   
     
     
         14 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 processing data associated with the social commerce operations to generate social commerce operations data;   processing data associated with the electronic commerce operations to generate electronic commerce operations data; and   processing the social commerce operations data and the electronic commerce operations data to generate social commerce analysis data.   
     
     
         15 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the configuration data is received from a user associated with the vendor of the product. 
     
     
         16 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the configuration data is received from a user associated with an affiliate of the vendor of the product. 
     
     
         17 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the social commerce operations data is generated from a plurality of social commerce sites. 
     
     
         18 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the social commerce analysis data is displayed within a user interface. 
     
     
         19 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client computer from a server at a remote location. 
     
     
         20 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis.